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The Wisdom of No Escape: How to Love Yourself and Your World

by Pema Chödrön
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The Wisdom of No Escape: How to Love Yourself and Your World
The Wisdom of No Escape: How to Love Yourself and Your World

Embracing life's entirety with compassionate spirituality.

If life's highs and lows often overwhelm you, Pema Choedroen speaks directly to your experience with warmth and wisdom. "The Wisdom of No Escape" doesn't just offer comfort; it empowers you to see every aspect of life as a teacher, guiding you toward a more accepting and loving relationship with yourself and the world. It's a gentle but powerful companion for anyone on a journey to inner peace.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Wisdom of No Escape: How to Love Yourself and Your World

by Pema Chödrön
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ISBN: 9780007190614
Authors: Pema Chödrön
Publisher: Element Books
Date of Publication: 2004-08-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Personal Development, Philosophy, Religion
Related Topics: Personal Development, Psychology, Buddhism, Spirituality
Goodreads rating: 4.28
(rated by 7781 readers)

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Mass market edition of this spiritual guide to making the most of life, through bad times as well as good, from bestselling author Pema Chödrön. This accessible book has been on the US bestseller lists consistently for four years now. In The Wisdom of No Escape, bestselling author Pema Chödrön shows us the profound value of our situation of 'no exit' from the ups and downs of life. This book is about saying yes to life in all its manifestations – about making friends with ourselves and our world and embracing the potent mixture of joy, suffering, brilliance, and confusion that characterizes the human experience. It urges us to wake up wholeheartedly to everything and to use the abundant, richly textured fabric of everyday life as our primary spiritual teacher and guide.
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Embracing life's entirety with compassionate spirituality.

If life's highs and lows often overwhelm you, Pema Choedroen speaks directly to your experience with warmth and wisdom. "The Wisdom of No Escape" doesn't just offer comfort; it empowers you to see every aspect of life as a teacher, guiding you toward a more accepting and loving relationship with yourself and the world. It's a gentle but powerful companion for anyone on a journey to inner peace.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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